Tina, Thank You very much....yes, this is the Little William MAYES son of Edward and Sarah (Roach) MAYES.... people were notorius for giving wrong age info back then or the census taker didn't understand what they said, Its that way on the original so not a type O... like Gail said "Maybe little William gave the info...or Old Edward, who hadn't a clue how old his daughter Phebe was at the time....they didn't have birth Cert. and sometimes no Fam Bible...and who was going to care if they were exact or not back then...(they didn't think of Us'ns) does your 1870 Index show a Willam MAYES abt 16 yrs. with Anyone? if its not easy to find ,don't bother Thanks Much, SharR ----- Original Message ----- From: "R&T_Cooke" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 10:04 PM Subject: Re: [TNGRAING-L] Phebe MAYES found > I thought that I would go ahead and look in 1870 to see if there was another > Phebe,but there wasn't.... > I did look in the > 1860- > Edward Mayse 65 > Phebe 34 > William 6 > > Was there a typo or was it misread ? > But nevertheless,here is a William......... > What do you think,,,,,,? > I wondered,if by chance of there being another Phebe,so I kept looking in > the 1860,but never saw one. > > Tina Lephew Cooke > Union Co.TN